The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
BERNIE MACWhatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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I want to do something that people can really say, ‘Hey, man, that was good, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of that.’ ‘Pride’ and ‘Transformers’ and things like that.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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